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Sat, Nov 30, 2019·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 79% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI072121911429
MTL1912011300342

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 0:19MTLJoel ArmiaAssists: Victor Mete · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:47PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Justin Braun, Jakub Voracek · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:14MTLTomas TatarAssists: Shea Weber, Phillip Danault · Wrist, 0.40 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:59PHIKevin HayesAssists: Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:34PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Claude Giroux, Michael Raffl · Snap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:16MTLTomas TatarPPAssists: Nick Suzuki, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:31PHIIvan ProvorovGWGAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.22 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:18PHIPhilippe Myers: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:18MTLMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 18:34PHITravis Sanheim: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 3:05PHIIvan Provorov: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:08MTLTomas Tatar: Slashing2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hayes won the faceoff against Kotkaniemi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
29Shots on goal42
1.7Expected goals3.4
61Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won27
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
33Hits35
11Blocked shots20
10Giveaways18
4Takeaways2

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Laughton – Farabee10:05

    xG 0.59–0.07 (90%)attempts 15–4goals 1–1

  2. van Riemsdyk – Pitlick – Frost2:03

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Pitlick – Raffl6:02

    xG 0.05–0.24 (18%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Raffl – Konecny5:02

    xG 0.12–0.35 (25%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Provorov – Myers2:15

    xG 0.05–0.12 (30%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Myers11:53

    xG 0.31–0.47 (39%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Niskanen – Provorov18:34

    xG 0.52–0.73 (41%)attempts 20–15goals 1–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestTatar – Gallagher – Danault11:03

    xG 0.91–0.18 (83%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Cousins – Armia – Kotkaniemi9:07

    xG 0.56–0.41 (58%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  3. Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi2:26

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Weal – Lehkonen2:04

    xG 0.08–0.01 (85%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Chiarot4:46

    xG 1.16–0.26 (82%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Weber – Mete7:10

    xG 0.55–0.13 (81%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Chiarot – Fleury6:09

    xG 0.20–0.10 (67%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

MTL 3.4 xGPHI 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MTL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MTL is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #246 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 79% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

Simulated goal difference (MTL − PHI), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).